02 February 2004 Monday 10 Zilhaj 1424 KARACHI: Eid prayer timings KARACHI, Feb 1: The following are the Eid prayer timings in different city mosques and Eidgahs: ... KARACHI: Arrangements for offal disposal finalized KARACHI, Feb 1: The city government, in collaboration with all the 18 town administrations, has made elaborate arrangements to dispose of sacrificial animals' offal during the Eid days. ... KARACHI: Auto-mechanic shot dead KARACHI, Feb 1: An auto-mechanic was shot dead by armed suspects in Old Golimar on Sunday. Police said two men on a motorcycle came near Shahnawaz Chowk and sprayed Imam Bux, 30, with bullets. ... KARACHI: Rangers, police put on alert KARACHI, Feb 1: Security arrangements have been made to maintain peace in the province on Eidul Azha, with orders of no public harassment, Home Advisor Aftab Shaikh said. ... KARACHI: Missing woman found dead KARACHI, Feb 1: The body of a woman has been recovered from an office in Kharadar late on Saturday night. Police said that Amna Bibi, 45, had gone to Malir District and Sessions Courts on Jan 28 in connection with a case. ... KARACHI: 97 vehicles taken away in a week KARACHI, Feb 1: Bandits took away a total of 97 vehicles, including 37 cars and 60 motorcycles, during the last one week from different areas of the city. ... KARACHI: Uninterrupted water supply ordered for Lines Area KARACHI, Feb 1: Sindh Excise and Taxation Minister Rauf Siddiqui has said that the elected representatives were making efforts to resolve the problems of the people at their doorsteps on priority basis. ... KARACHI: Beautification of roads delayed KARACHI, Feb 1: The city government and other concerned civic agencies have not yet prepared the beautification plan for the I.I. Chundrigar Road, as decided at a high-level meeting held in December last. ... KARACHI: Landhi, Korangi areas not to be ignored KARACHI, Feb 1: Unlike the previous governments, which ignored the areas of Landhi and Korangi, the present government is committed to resolve the problems faced by the people of these areas ... LAHORE: Two gangs of dacoits busted LAHORE, Feb 1: The CIA cantonment division claims to have arrested nine dacoits of two inter-district gangs and recovered stolen items and illicit weapons from their possession. ... ISLAMABAD: Sharp rise in animal prices ISLAMABAD, Feb 1: The prices of sacrificial animals registered record high a day before Eidul Azha here on Sunday, animal sellers and purchasers in various markets said. ... RAWALPINDI: SSP killed as train hits car RAWALPINDI, Feb 1: A senior superintendent of police, National Police Academy, Islamabad, was killed on Sunday after a train banged into his car at a rail crossing at Hattar dragging it hundreds of meters away, police said. ... OKARA: Motorcyclist shot dead in Okara OKARA, Feb 1: A motorcyclist was shot dead by robbers when he tried to escape them near Dalmine Ganj village on Sunday. ... PESHAWAR: SHO duty-bound to register case, rules court PESHAWAR, Feb 1: The Peshawar district and sessions judge, Hayat Ali Shah, has ruled that after receiving information about a cognizable offence the SHO of a police station is duty-bound to register a case. ... PESHAWAR: 'No bird flu outbreak in NWFP' PESHAWAR, Feb 1: No outbreak of bird flu has so far been reported in the country's northern parts, an official communique states. ... PESHAWAR: Robbery on the rise in Peshawar PESHAWAR, Feb 1: Bandits and robbers remained on a looting spree and deprived dozens of people of cash and valuables on the outskirts of the provincial metropolis during the past one week. ... PESHAWAR: Convict in lock-up for five years PESHAWAR, Feb 1: A convicted person has been detained at Nowshera judicial lock-up for the last five years without commencement of his prison term. ... PESHAWAR: Official promoted PESHAWAR, Feb 1: The district coordination officer of the Upper Dir has been promoted from the grade BPS-18 to BPS-19, a notification issued by the establishment division said. ... PESHAWAR: Two water schemes inaugurated PESHAWAR, Feb 1: Corps Commander Lt-Gen Ali Mohammad Jan Orakzai inaugurated two water supply schemes at Wole and Anargai villages in Mohmand Agency on Sunday. ... PESHAWAR: MPAs visit hospital PESHAWAR, Feb 1: Members of the standing committee of the NWFP Assembly on health visited the Khyber Teaching Hospital here the other day. The committee is headed by MPA Dr Mohammad Saleem. ... KHAAR: 60 prisoners released KHAAR, Feb 1: The political administration on Saturday released 60 people, arrested for minor offences, on the occasion of Eidul Azha. Political Agent Pirzada Khan told newsmen that the freed prisoners were given Rs1,000 each ... HYDERABAD: Committee formed to review promotions HYDERABAD, Feb 1: The Latifabad Taluka Council here on Sunday has constituted a committee to review promotions of taluka municipal administration employees of grade-1 to 15. ... HYDERABAD: Growers pay Rs57.4m water charges HYDERABAD, Feb 1: Farmers' organizations of the Nara Canal Area Water Board have recovered Rs57.4 million water charges for 2001-2 Kharif and Rabi seasons up to Jan 14, 2004, sources told this correspondent here on Sunday. ... HYDERABAD: Law college fee hike reduced HYDERABAD, Feb 1: The board of governors of law colleges affiliated with Sindh University has rejected a 100 per cent increase in the college fee and allowed 50 per cent increase. ... HYDERABAD: Three arrested for collecting donation HYDERABAD, Feb 1: The Market police arrested three activists of a banned religious organization on Tilak Charhi here on Saturday while they were collecting donations. ... HYDERABAD: Traffic chaos at its worst in Hyderabad HYDERABAD, Feb 1: The city has been suffering from chaotic traffic conditions for the last three days due to a rise in the number of pushcarts and unauthorized parking places. ... FAISALABAD: Court allows toll tax collection till 24th FAISALABAD, Feb 1: The district and sessions judge on Saturday vacated stay granted by a civil court about toll tax paving the way for contractors to charge fee from motorists. ... FAISALABAD: NTU to reopen on 9th FAISALABAD, Feb 1: The National Textile University will reopen on Feb 9, it is learnt. Official sources told this correspondent on Sunday that NTU Dean Dr Muhammad Zuber had asked the students to join their classes from Feb 9. ... TOBA TEK SINGH: Man kills brother, nephew TOBA TEK SINGH, Feb 1: The younger brother of a lawyer who was recently murdered over a land dispute, shot at and injured his brother and nephew in Chak 390 JB Bajwara on Sunday. ... SAHIWAL: Villager shot dead by bandits in Sahiwal SAHIWAL, Feb 1: A villager was murdered reportedly by dacoits in nearby Chak 84/5-L on Sunday morning. Reports said a gang of dacoits entered the house of Ramazan Jat. The dacoits shot Ramazan dead when he put up resistance and escaped. ... VEHARI: Robbers beat up family, take away valuables VEHARI, Feb 1: Robbers beat up members of a family and took away valuables worth over half a million rupees in four incidents in the district on Saturday night. ... BAHAWALPUR: High prices of animals keep buyers away BAHAWALPUR, Feb 1: High prices of sacrificial animals kept buyers away on Sunday, a day before Eidul Azha. ... GUJRANWALA: Educators not paid three-month salary GUJRANWALA, Feb 1: The newly-appointed educators at educational institutions in the district have decided to hold protests if they were not paid their salaries within a week. ... GUJRANWALA: Security beefed up in Punjab GUJRANWALA, Feb 1: The district administrations in various cities of Punjab have adopted strict security measures on Eidul Azha. ... FAISALABAD: Public utility land 'allotted at throwaway prices' FAISALABAD, Feb 1: A strong land mafia is learnt to have got allotment of more than 50 kanals worth Rs1 billion alleged at throwaway prices in different parts of the district ... BADIN: Rain victims say they won't celebrate Eid : Compensation still awaited BADIN, Feb 1: A large number of rain victims took out a procession and staged a sit-in outside the district secretariat here on Saturday to protest against delay in compensating them for their losses. ... DADU: Police claim about killing bandit questioned DADU, Feb 1: Police claimed to have killed a bandit in an encounter near Fazal Agro village some 90km from here on Saturday but villagers insisted that they had killed a farmer in a fake encounter at the behest of a landlord. ... MIRPURKHAS: Flour crisis persists MIRPURKHAS, Feb 1: Flour crisis continues in the district even after the supply of 1,500 wheat bags to 'chakkis' on the directives of the Sindh food secretary. ...

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